Barack Obama and his birthday donation fund for only $3. From my inbox, hot off the presses. Sounds desperate. Could it be the last one he celebrates as President of the United States? Do you think there might be a chance?

I will be outspent. Another desperation email from I will promise you the moon candidate.

Americans will not be suckered into your lies this time around Obama.

Friend —

We’re getting outraised — a first for a sitting president, if this continues. Not just by the super PACs and outside groups that are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into misleading ads, but by our opponent and the Republican Party, which just outraised us for the second month in a row.

We can win a race in which the other side spends more than we do. But not this much more.

This election will be a test of the model that got us here. We’ll learn whether it’s still true that a grassroots campaign can elect a president — whether ordinary Americans are in control of our democracy in the face of massive spending.

I believe we can do this. When all of us chip in what we can, when we can, we are the most powerful force in politics.

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